Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-09-22
HAzLIuURSr TRUCK FARMERS.
What Mr.. bennett, tho Agricultural Editor
Of tho Picayune, Saw In and Around
Our Entorprisiug City.


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IIazlchurst, in Copiah county, Miss,
il ahout to make u good forward
movement in gardening and fruit
growing with fine prospects, of sue
ccss. For the following facts W. are
indebted tn T.. NJ. BankstOn, who las
II icwclry store near the llazlchurst
railroad depot; and to Judge l.. G.
Pcyton and the railroad agent, whose
Inequalities We enjoyed while at lia;
zlrhurst.
Mr.. Marclictti and ,ir. Sarolla aud
Mr.. Penn have been quite successful
a. horticulturalists; so has the Rev. A.
4. Lomax, and several others have
succeeded well.
The Observation-Disclosures around Halle
hurst expect tn cultivate from l7j to
2OD acres next year in vegetables and
strawberries-s0mc think y great deal
more will he cultivated. They rx-
pect to plant two or three ear loads Of
peach trees which have been engaged.
They have ul.u!y of fine young peach
trees raised around Hazlehurst which
they en- purchase NJ 10 cents apiece,
and can start IA good peach trees there
IA any where clsc--why do they pur-
chase from distant nursericsi obs
talre lends cncliantmcnt," etc.
Next year they will raisc pretty
large shipments OF radslics and spu-
ashes, which pay well in early mar
kets. Cucumbers also pay well. but
tomatoes now take the lead, and
Strawberries lead all tho fruits.
PINE SOIL. roI VEGETABLES AND FRUITS
These horticulturalists claim that
there is NO better soil on tho Illinois
Central Railroad in Mississippi and
Louisiana, thar in the portion of Co.
piah around Hazlehurst, for fruits and
vegetables. They claim great merits
for the quality and yield of their to.
matoes, melons, peaches, and straw.
berries. and peas and beans yield
bountii'ul crops.
Like most Of tho pine lands along
this railroad, this soil only needs -
few amendments to make it very pro-
ductivc; these amendments are usual.
~ lime, potash, humus and acid phos
plate; rotten leaves, pea vines or COW
yard and stable manure may furnish
the humus.
POOR LANDS MADE RICH.
Mr.. Ssrolla commenced n few years
ago on a tract oi dead. ponr, wornoni
land. and has made il productive
chiefly by using home fertilizers. Gar.
dcncrs around Ilazlchurst depend
chiefly OH home fertilizers Tor crops.
They talk Of organizing n horticu!-
tural society at llallchnrst aud of ma
King an effort Ia give II new impulse
tn fruit culture and truck farming ut
this place. Wcsson should have such
Il society, and the horticulturists OF
Brookhavcu, Wcsnon. llaslchUrst,Ciy
tai Springs and Terry should fratcrn-
izc aud exchange views in quarterly
meetings, aud they should hold month
~ meetings ut each place the year
rnund.
BEAUTlFrL VILLAGE RESIDENCES.
Hazlehurst llas some beautiful vi
lagc residences, aud has n fine undn'
lating surface aud good soil we'll a'lap-
ted TO working the place up To mag
uiiiCent town. Ii has spring. of pnr"
water and spring branches which may
become ornamental a. well rs highly
useful tn the town. The well water
il usually excellent, ami stands about
"a deg, in hot Weather.
Iuluc ppyton has n hrautitul, com
Portable and convenient residence and
| thirty acres ofland q quarter Of mile
from the depot. He has springs 81,
pure water aud three carp ponds Gov
cr:rg about an acre. AMI can drain his
| ponds by iron pipes laid for the p II.
I pose when he wishes Ia do go. They
need drainage To regulate the carp,
about once a year, sometimes turtles.
snakes, minks and catfish destroy the
young carp in the ponds, aud IN other
, instances the ponds become over
stocked with small fish tina. become
dwaricd aud nearly worthless. Judge
Pcyton has u fine stock farm, aud
about seventy or eighty cows nine
miles west of llGzlchurst, aud is pay
ing considerable attention to stock,
but has mt yet turned his attention
particularly To fine stock. The judge
takes an active part in moral and re-
ligious and industrial reforms in his
county. and labors faithfully for the
progress of Mississippi and the good OF
mankind. lie is u ruler in the Pres
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